tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post1482391082897844402..comments2024-03-08T08:55:52.985-08:00Comments on Whispers from the Edge of the Rainforest: What's the deal with the Globe and Mail's changing real estate headlines? Better than the outright BS from The Province we suppose.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-64535561802618352552013-03-18T10:57:29.242-07:002013-03-18T10:57:29.242-07:00Oh yeah, buyers are returning, things are way bett...Oh yeah, buyers are returning, things are way better than 2012. That's why sales are on pace to be down 19% year over year in March and 33% below 10 year average (if you don't use this year's poor numbers to bring down the 10 year average). Will be 24 straight months of below average sales. Strong market. Buy now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-35451291038678649242013-03-18T07:57:09.873-07:002013-03-18T07:57:09.873-07:00Does more than one person write for this blog? Who...Does more than one person write for this blog? Who is 'we'? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-80786670002291257332013-03-18T06:41:16.799-07:002013-03-18T06:41:16.799-07:00Lets not forget that this is Vancity too! They are...Lets not forget that this is Vancity too! They are complicit in the message/delivery. Maybe Vancity would like to rethink what they are getting mixed up in regarding the message (they are paying for it). This does not look good for them either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-25515541402117704572013-03-17T22:48:11.792-07:002013-03-17T22:48:11.792-07:00Just to clarify: the right side of that province p...Just to clarify: the right side of that province page is news. The left side is ad.another value investorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659083327214275843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-27076608278271789062013-03-17T19:43:57.118-07:002013-03-17T19:43:57.118-07:00Online it is a regular news article... what a sham...Online it is a regular news article... what a sham. The Province is such a fraud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-85169501715983540862013-03-17T19:24:18.021-07:002013-03-17T19:24:18.021-07:00I think it says advertisement on top of the print ...I think it says advertisement on top of the print ad but is gone on the online version...sun and prov pay to view! what a jokeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-40224600069478748672013-03-17T17:23:25.057-07:002013-03-17T17:23:25.057-07:00'Fake buyers buying fake houses in a fake mark...'Fake buyers buying fake houses in a fake market'<br /><br />You left out, 'Reading fake stories by fake journalists in fake newspapers'.Timhttp://www.fakeurl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-77493273797271951952013-03-17T14:24:22.974-07:002013-03-17T14:24:22.974-07:00Hmmm.... is the Province going to respond to this ...Hmmm.... is the Province going to respond to this accusation of printing lies about the state of the market.Winston Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-20728338924173079042013-03-17T12:52:39.700-07:002013-03-17T12:52:39.700-07:00Fake buyers buying fake houses in a fake market.
...Fake buyers buying fake houses in a fake market.<br /><br />This city is getting weirder and weirder as this market tanks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-64048805016358612392013-03-17T12:26:38.621-07:002013-03-17T12:26:38.621-07:00So the industry is "finally recovering"....So the industry is "finally recovering". That horrific 2012 year of "flatlining" prices must have been hard... LOL<br /><br />The story looks like it was placed there to support the ad, and probably was fully made up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-20480045295684454552013-03-17T09:42:43.780-07:002013-03-17T09:42:43.780-07:00I presume the papers still have a big real estate ...I presume the papers still have a big real estate section which is their last big advertiser along with the car dealers with their 80 month 0 % 0 down"loans".<br />Who owns all the newspapers now anyway?I've lost track.Shadowfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311542958417885861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-67562905706457086642013-03-17T09:36:02.856-07:002013-03-17T09:36:02.856-07:00I am pretty sure that Province bit is an advert. A...I am pretty sure that Province bit is an advert. At the end of the article is tells you to be featured in the Focus to contact them, there is no author credited and a big Vancity ad.. what you are seeing is much like those sections that look like news but say advertising on top. I am sure FOCUS is just a more discreet (read deceptive) way of the RE industry pushing message out in the MSM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-73625939342076920282013-03-17T09:30:06.370-07:002013-03-17T09:30:06.370-07:00That bit of "news" is just a bit of garn...That bit of "news" is just a bit of garnish for the <br />Van City ad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-22817177270155929582013-03-17T08:46:20.878-07:002013-03-17T08:46:20.878-07:00Re. the Province: a half page R/E "article&qu...Re. the Province: a half page R/E "article" and a half page R/E advert. on the same page. I think that explains it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936637281134795592.post-45800405637388624252013-03-17T08:45:39.213-07:002013-03-17T08:45:39.213-07:00They are A/B testing their headlines looking at cl...They are A/B testing their headlines looking at click-through-rates, this is the new thing that most news organizations have started doing in the last year. It won't be long until they cater headlines to your browsing patterns on their website in order to increase the length of your visits.JRnoreply@blogger.com